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PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, MONDAY, JUNE 8. The Lord ChanCellor finished his statement re specting the Scots •Appeal postponed from ; Sa , turday. A. Message from the House of Commons, by Mr. T. Courte nay anti other Members, desired a conference with the Lords on the subject matter of their Lordships' Amend ments in the Slave Trade Abolition Amendment Bill, which Rac agreed to. Mr. Quartile, the Deputy Usher of tho Black Rod, baring shortly aftet wards amumnct d at the Bar that the CoMmons wyce. ready for the Confertnce in the Painted Chamber, the Managers appointed by the Lords, namely, the Earl Ba thurst, the Earl of Liverpool, Lord ;Viscount Sitimouth, the Bishop of Exeter,- the Bishop of Chester, Lord Napier, and Lord Kenyon, went forth. On their return, the Earl Bathurst reported the result of the Conference, managed on'the rat of the Commons by Mr. T. Courteday - and others, that the Commons disagreed to their Lordships' Amendments, as being irrelevant to the -objects of the Bill, and utinecessar. - On - the motion of the Earl of LIVERPOOL, after a few words from the Earl of LAUDERDALE, it Was resolved not to insist upon the amendments, and a Message to that effect was sent to the Commons. , After waiting some tithe, Lord .Viscount SIDMOUTH movcd that the Standing Order, No. 104 (directing that no Standing Order should be suspended without a tray's notice, and the Lords being summoned), be read. The Order hav-. ing been read by the Reading Clerk at the table, Ins Lotd lhip unwed that - the - Order be taken into consideration to-- morrow, and the-Lords be summoned. Lord HOLLAND and the Earl of LAUDERDALE ob jc,eted to this course of 'proceeding, as placing all the-Stand ing Orders at the disposal of the House to-morrow, and sug ge,ted, that fire view in which the notice .was - giren had better be stated. Lord Viscount SIDMOITH mentioned the expectation of a Bill now in the other House, and after sonic - observations lison the Earl of Liverpool, and the two first mentioned Noble Lords, as to the most advisable course of proceeding in paint of form, it k, as at length agreed that the Standing Orders Nos. 26, 104, and 125, should be taken into considera tion (with the view of going througa a Bill in its different stages). The Lords to be suinmoned. 7 -Adjourned till to- Law rog (this day.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. HER MAJESTY. Mr. DESBOROUGH appeared at the Bar with the Queen's Answer to the Atlikess of that House on the Marriage of the Duke of Cambridge. The Answer was expressive of her Ma jesty's sense of this mark of duty and attachment of the House of Commons. ALIEN BILL. A Messvge from the Lords announced, that their Lord ships aid not insist on the Amendments made . by them in the Alien Bill. • INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT. Sir S. ROMILLY presented a petition (which -was with.; -drawn the other evening in consequence of an informality, 110 w corrected) from Roger Cole, complaining of haring been remanded by the Insolvent Court, and of having been refused to amend his schedule. • . Mr. LOCKHART had.it in contemplation in the next Ses sion, to more not only an Amendment to the present Insol-. vent Act, but an extension of it as to time, as it would ex- Aire in three months after the commencement of the next Ses sion. There was one thing in the present Act that he could not consent to. With akl deference to the Learned Person in Ithoni it originated, he could never acquiesce in any future measure that tended to make that Coutt consist of a single Judge, as questions of property came before it greater than any can was aware of, and perhaps greater than came before alt' the four Courts of 'Westminster. Besides, it was contrary to all law that such a ('our: should have the power of libe :a' ing persons when it thought proper, whether the debts stn..iuutcd to t,st7oi. ' which was common, or t0'50,0001. or to 100,00ul - It•would be highly expedient likewise, instead of ciimpelling the creditor to 1)r ov e that the debtor-had no right to take the benefit of the Insolvent Act, to make the debtor prove that his. conduct bad been so.•h as to entitle him to re lief. Ainsuig other - objects of his'. proposed menenre would be an appfoxiniation of the principles on which the Bank rupt nod the Insolvent Laws now proceeded: After w words from Sir S. Roruilly and General Thorn tun, the petition was received and ordered to 1)e print-yd. On thC ai:tion of Mr. LOCK FIA IT, a llcturra - -was ordered to he litid hefore the noose of the t,,tal Ninn'oer of losoleent Detat6rs discharged by the Cqurt under his Majesty's Com mission up to the present day, and also of the gross suns -of the Delas inset tett in the Silietluto of ,the Debtor , , and of the Slims returued to the said Court as recovered by the4s signeo. Also an Account of the Names of those Persons' who had been remanded - by the Court, specifying whether fiaully or without cause as.igned.. Also an Account of the Cases in which the Court had ordered proceedings against auf newly-acquired Estates of the Debtors, Scc,' SLAVE TRADE REGULATION BILL. Mr. T. CO[JRTENAY appeared at . 9ie Bar with the Report of the Committee aprointed to require a Conference with t!•:e Lords on the subject of the Amendments in the Slave Trade Regulation Bill, and stated, that their Lordships agreed to a Conference to be. then held in the Painted Chamber. "Ile same• Committee was consequently nominated to manage the Conference. They immediately repaired to the Painted -Chansher; and, on their return, Mr.T: Coulter-lay informed the House,. that the Committee had explained to the Com mittets appointed to manage the Conference on the part of the House of Lords, the reasons which had induced the House of Conscious not to agree' to the Amendments made in the Bill by the House of Lords, and had left the Bill with their Lord -ships. THE DUKE OF CANIBRIDGE. Lord E. SOMERSET appeared at the Bar with the Duke of Cambridge's Answer to the Address of the House on his Mar riage; signifying the grateful fueling with which his Royal Highness received this proof of their attachment. EDUCATION OF THE POOR. Mr. BROUGHAM brought up a Report from the Commit tee on the State.of Education among the Poor, and_begged to ,say a few words on the subject of an abuse which had come to the knowledge of the Committee, which involved the patron age of a whole Borough in the County of Huntingdon, front which two Members were returned to Parliament. The power - of returning these Members (which had never been disputed) was obtained by the gross, and wilful abuse of a Charity which provided for the education of the poor, and which cause strict ly within the limits of that inquiry which had bent 'confided to the Committee. The property to which he referred had been left in the time of Edward the Second for the purpose of founding aPreek School: The rents Second, appropriated to that purpose might amount to 351. The land consisted of 145 acres, which was proved 11 its fertility to be of great va lue.' The rent now paid amounted to 1601., but at the lowest estimation—its real value could not fall short of 9001. The Mayor and Corporation, that is the Mayor and twelve Alder men, were the lessors, and they were also the trustees. And who Were the lessees hat held these beneficial leases ? They were inhabitants of the town to whom other property left for charitable purposes lay contiguous, over which - they had also aright. In fine they were the borough patrons, the trustees, the lessors, and the lessees all in one. They let the lands to themselves for illusive rents, and thus robbed the pour of that which benevolence had - left for them. By the Manner in.which this Charity-land was distributed,' the votes were kept firm in one particular interest, and opposition wus never known in the Borough alluded to. lie had.aslied the ques tion, and the answer he received was, " - that such tithing was' never heard of—it was a maiden borough." And what'control was there over these parties ? ..Marvellous to. relate ; this grossest of all cases ot robbery was exempted-I - loin the visita tion of the` Commissioners, by the fatal omission ofthatclause in the Bill they had passed, which bad been struck out by others,- in. consequence.,of which, those places were exempt from' visitation to which special visitors were appointed. Now who were the visitors in-the case alluded to ? ' The informa tion contained in . -the-answer to - this question seemed as if providentially seat just at this period to fill up any vacuum that . might have been left in his argument. The visitors were -the mayor, the trustees, the lessors, and lessees, who robbed - and defrauded the . poor of the property in queStion. Now, that the Bill which-had passed, if not wholly spoiled, had been grievously injured try the alterations made in it, and that the He ite ought 'not to slumber while such-abuses were in exist- , ,ence,'but were bound to take- up Or; subject. early in the eat suing Session, was that on which no man (unless it were for • the al,,tract 16re of doubting), ,could have a doubt. He st , ,te'd'the Comblittee to have received a letter from the Ge neral Assembly of Scotland, expressing their readiness to for nish any informAtion'that might be required connected with the Education of the Poor in that country. The Report was then ordered to he printed. SLAVE TRADE BEGULATIQN BILL. A ;Message from the Lords announced their Lordships' did not insist on the atnendments .to the Slave 'frade Abolition Amendment Bill, with which 'the House of Commons had di,agreed. NEW ALIEN BILL. Lord CASTLEPrEAGH said, in consequence of the amend ment which had been made.to the Alien Bill in the Lords, a n d the course which that House bad feserailitself called upon to adopt, it was incumbent to call their attention to a new. measure which he now rose to move for leave to bring in.— This measure was not intended to be retrospective in its ope ration, and-he thought there would be but one opinion in the House as to its principle. Whatever differences might exist. on the various brancheS of the Alien Bill, all lutist he of opi nion that it was improper - to permit naturalization to he ob tained by any purchases that might be - made of the stock of a trading company. However liberal and enlarged the views - of our ancestors, it- never could have-been intended by the Legislature that naturalization should be obtained fry such means; and, iu fact, so o tautions had it been of this point, that it had imposed a restraint even on itself, by providing tliat'a Bill for Naturalization. should not he Proposed that did not contain a clause denying to the party naturalized the right of sitting in Parliament. To give an individual the full rights of naturalization, a special measure must be brought in to repeal that clause in the Bill which ;mist first be intro duced. If.such had been the enactments of the Legislature, it never could have meant to confide that paramount authority to a trading Company Which' it denied to itself. It was not competent frir the Crown to give a military - commission to an alien without the authority of it positive law passed for that purpose; but if it availed itself of the. clause which had been brought forward from an ancient Scottish Act, a foreign army to any alhount might be obtained ny the Crown, through pur chases of stock, independent of Parliament, and even inde pendent of the Bank of Seolland itself; for that could have no jurisdiction over the individuals who might, purchase stock in it. Such was the present state of the law. Su dangerous an anomaly might steal to call for more than a temporary re medy; but as the subject demanded more consideration than it could receive to the present aiessMn of Parliament, he bad thought it better that the evil should be arrested in theprcsent instance by an Act to suspend the operation of the old Km till the question could he more deliberately taken up in another Session of Parliament. Mad been found that there were other Corporations which,though they gave not all therights of na-• tural subjects, could mako - denizeos.of foreigners without ob serving those forms which the general law of the country r,e= quired 7 The present Bill was-therefore made to extend to these; and in the next Session the whole frame of our laws re specting such rights would call for the attentive consideration of Parliament. If the House should concur with him in think ing it desirable that the Bill should pass through all its stages that day, some objection might be raised, on tire ground that the Corporations with whose rights it interfered • had had no sufficient notice of the intentions of the Legislature.. He, how ever, was of opinion, that the best notice they could receive would be afforded by a short Bill, which would enable them to take such steps to protect their interests as should seem expedient till the subject came next before Parliament, and they would be enabled, io that case, to take their measures better than if they were obliged, on the spur of the moment, to determine on the course to be pursued. The suspension of the Scotch law for a short and limited period would atlotd the parties alluded to the best means of providing for their permanent interests when the. subject should be taken into consirleratiop, with a view to some final- arrangement. If at' present it were attempted to give *ens notice of What was about to be proposed, much political mischief might he done while these corporations were being put on their guard. No harm was expected to be done by the course-how pursued.--. The Directors of the Scotch Bank, he might say, had felt it to be their duty to call the attention of Government to the subject, which they had done by a letter to the Governor of the Bank of Eugland, 'in which they mentioned what had forcibly struck them, namely,the great number of foreigners that were seen acquiring stock in their Baskin order that they might become subjects of this country. Whatever view they took of their own interests, they had thought it neces sary, in a case of such paramount importance, to make known the circumstance to which the attention of Ministers had thus been directed. He concluded by moving for leave to bring in a Bill to prevent Aliens, for a time to be limited, from being naturalized, or being made or becoming denizens, except in certain eases. Sir J. MACKINTOSH by no means intended opposing this Bill, relieved as it was trims the .retrospective clause of the former Bill, which be had considered one of. the most outra-, geous attempts to violate public faith that had ever been made in this country. Vis that objectionable and abominable part of the measure lately before them was given up, be should agree to the present Bill. He coati!' not think the present mode of naturalizing'foreigners ought to continue—indeed, he thought such a - system most inconvenient and mire:lstate ' ble ; he, however, was peculiarly averse from hastily adopt ing any nitiesure which regarded Aliens front what had lately occurred. What a series of discoveries had Ministers made within the last fourteen days! First,, when. this Bill passed, they were not aware of this abuse which had been proved to exist in Scotland. Then, when the Bill came from. the Lords, they were not sensible that the amendments made in it con verted one of its clauses into a Money clause, and thus la - terfered with the privileges of that House; and since it had been found out that other corporate bodies could make the foreigner who purchased their stock a denizen. This ought to warn the House against proceeding with- precipi tation, such gross blunders, egregious mistakes, anti discre ditable negligence on the part of Ministers having transpited. The measure, as at first produced, it was now admitted on all hand§ would have been unfit fur the purposes which- ithad been framed for, while it would hare formed the - greatest blot that had ever,fallen on the Statute Book.. He would tell the Noble. Lord he had yet another discovery to make. It had been argued that the Bank of Scotland, Under the Act which had been referred to, had rights which-went to abrogate the .Act of Settlement, and to give-a, foreigner the right of sitting end rating hi-Parliament. He, however, wonfit refer those who held this opinion to an Act Which had bern used by Lord Somers to complete the Union, and ;timid its ihe tith of Queen Anne, cap. 7. , 5ec.30. They would find a clause which en acted, that any person disabled from being elected to serve in 'Parliament, or from voting at Elections in Ettgland, was also disabled-from being elected, or from voting ia any-part:of Great Britaiti. This enactment made it impossible for an Alien to sit in Parliament. ne did not know that the:Noble' Lord ought to he expected to seek for WM-Illation on such points, but he ought - to have been with it by others. He then enlarged on the liberality with which Aliens were' treated in former times, and compared the ancient with the present systCm of the couutry. He ohjecledao the present Bill being so very generally wisrded. The Corpotate Bodies, with whose rights it was to interfere, aught to be defined at least by sonic general description: He gave notice that he should move. to supply this defect in the Committee. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL defended the Law Officers of the Crown from the charge of negligence, and.shewed, if they had erred, the charge of ignorance _should rather fall on the Acts of the 14th, 23(1,32(1,34th, and44th of the King than on them. Ile defended the provisions of the present Bill, and was of opinjon, that it wits desirable the law against which it was directed should be suspend. d for a time till Parliament had an opportunity of fully inquiring into the subject, in order to decide whether it should be abrogated altogether, or in what way it should be dealt with. - Mr. \Y. .SMITH gave the measure his warmest approba tion. Mr. W. WI NNE had disapproved of the former measure as oppressive.. To this Bill he had no objection. He sheaved that &dm the ease with which foreigners could get made de nizens at present made some such law necessary. Sir W. BURROUGHS spoke to the same effLet, and hoped his Learned Friend (Sir.l. Mackintosh) would not press the motion of which he had given notice in the Committee, as if he did, he (Sir NV. B.) should feel it his bounden duty to , oppose it. • . Mr. BROUGHAM understood that all the retrospective part of the late measure was abandoned. He hoped to make it completely, prospective ; and that it might by no one be re ; garded as an ex post facto law, it would be made to take af fect, not from the passing of the Act, hut from an early day to be named. This he thought necessary, as it was desirable to g ive some warning to people who) were at that moment 400 miles off, who might otherwise find themselvt s in a very un pleasant situation. Some of these persons, for instance, might have purchased Stock at .Edinburgh, in order to hold land, twenty-four hoori before news of t his arrived in that city, and in that case they might lose considerably. He would not speak of the diminished value of their stock, as that would .not cause a very great loss, but their land would be forfeited. Little - inconvenience could result from such a course being taken, ,as but few could take advantage'of a provision which only went to secure those who bought, stock while they thought they had a right to do so, from their ignorance of that Bill having passed by which their interests might be so seriously affected. If tile suggestion be had thrown out wei.e attended to, he in the present case should have no objection to the standing Order being suspended, that the present Bill might im►neiiately p4ss through alt its stages. GeneraLMlTCHF,LLcOncurred with the present measure, and said he had been in the City that morning, and had see► within the last two hours many persons giv►ng orders for making purchases in the Scots Bank before the. Act should pass. Leave was then given to bring in the Bill. • Lord CASTLEREAGH Grouglit in the Bill, which was read a first time: • • On moving that it should be read a second time, Lord CASTLEREAGH begged to offer.a few words on what had fallen from the Honourable and Learned Gentleman.— The Honourable Gentleman might suppose but few indivi duals would take advantage of the Bill -wit, being made to -take effect forthwith, but he (Lord Castlereagh) had as good a right to assume that many would do so; and those the most obnoxious individuals, against whom the Bill was intended to provide. The parties had alr :ady an int imatiorrof what was about to he done, not only from the notice which he had given on Saturday, but in the. most grave and formal way possible from the Amendment which had been made to •the Alien Bill by the Lords. If, then, uncle; ,such circumstan ces they chose to purchase in order to defeat the Legislature, they must know that they purchased at their peril. - He with this feeling moved the second reading - of the Bill, which he intended to follow;up, by moving that it should go through its remaining stages. Mr. BROUGHANI,wits sorry be could, not coincide with the Noble Lord on the present occasion. The Noble Lord had said, Alii;ns bad bad ail intimation of what was to be (limb. from the notice he had given on Saturday. But what was the notice of the Noble Lord more than his (Mr. Brougham's; notice, or that of any other Member in the House ? Be cause such a notice had been . given, was it to be said that Aliens would have no right to complain that Qieir property and rights were violated ? This was in fact retrospective le gislation, though the amendment of the Lords . i - vtts thrown out on Friday, because it made the Bill retrospective. It was saying, " we will not . legislate retrospectively for a whole Month, hut .we will legislate so forAS hours back." To him it appeared unjtist to say that tlie•Alien had had. proper no ticer To maintain this, was, in fact, to say that every Bill should beoperative from the moment notice seas given of a motion to bring it in. He -contended at sonic length, that the course proposed to he pursued in the present instance was improper; he restated his former arguments, and hoped the Noble Lord would wholly abandon retrospective bn this ,ecasion. _ Mr. CANNING agreed, that after the - amendment of the Lords had been rejected, in the interval that succeeded down. to the time when notice of the present Bill was given by his Noble Friend, .that those who purchased under a mistaken idea that the measure, was wholly given up, were entitled to protection, and ought to be safe. The Hon. Gentleman had said the amendment of the Lords was thrown out on Friday because it was retrospective. He 'wished not to re vive the debate, of that night, but the clause was thrown out. not because it was retrospective, but because it inter fered with the privileges of that House. - He contended the alteration required by the Learned Gentleman was not ne cessary to give effect to the fair abandonment of retro spective legislation, and in the present case (which was one where - all were agreed the law ought to be altered) -he maintained there was not the shadow of .a breach of good faith. - He was as anxious to guard against..the in vasion of private. rights as any man could he, hut when legislating to secure a great national object, they ought, in a case like the present, to proceed - with all possible expe dition, and if any one should be injured by the course which it was thought right to take. let him corns to Parliament for compensation. When the Abolition of the Slave Trade was under discussion, no argument was more frequently urged than the invasion of private rights which would take place if that measure were carried. ,To this the answer was, let the suf ferer come to Parliament for redress, and he would now say the saute to those who opposed the Bill Snider consideration, on account of its interference with - individual rights. Le those who felt themselves aggrieved do this in the next Sect sion of Parliament, and though he would not pledge himself to support their claims, he should be of opinion that the House ought to decide on their merits. He' saw no ground for the objections urged against the Bill. Mr. BROUGHAM explained: Lord FOLKESTONE, t hong!' he more objected to the mode in which this Bill-was about to be passed, than to the matter of it, called on the House to say, what credit or confidence was due to Ministers,. who on Friday asserted, that to make the Bill efficient, it was necessary that it should operate re trospeetively,and who now gave up the principle for which they so,recently contended. He then took brief review of the measures • which had occupied Parliament in the present Session, in doing which he commented with some Severity on the part Ministers had taken in the Indemnity Bill—the Poor Laws Amendment Bill—the New Plan of Finance—the Alien Bill, and the Bill now sunder consideration. lie disapproved .of the last being liaised through all its stagesin one day, but as the House did not seem disposed strongly to olaject to it, be should not attempt resistance. General THORNTON had heardfrom one high autho rity that as the law stood Aliens could sit in that House— from another high anthorny he had heard that they could not. If there were any doubt on the subject, he hoped fi clause wiuuld be introduced into the present Bill to exclude them. On this subject he hoped the House would be unanimous. T The Bill was then read a second time, after which the [louse went into a Committee. The blanks were filled- up, the Report received, and the Bill was then read a third time and passed, and ordered to the Lords. The• Petition front the Stockholders of the Bank of Scot land„.presented on Friday, was ordered to be printed.—Ad juurned. DaURY-LANE THEATRE. M EETING OF ,THE PROPRIETORS. Yesterday a Meeting of the Proprietors took , plA ( e. lt was not so npmerously attended as the preceding one. . . . Sir 'flint AS To RTON was called to the Chair. Ile stated the proceedings of the last day's Meet ing, and observed, that though the two Reports which had on that day been .read to the Pr( prie tors were not very satisfactory, the result cf the Meeting was . eminently so, a Committee having been selected front the general body of the Proprie tors to inquire into the affairs of the concern. " The CnAiRmAN then read , the _Report of the Committee of Proprietors of the Bth of June, which was as follows • Sth June, MR. Report of the Committee, appointed by the General Assembly of Proprietors, New Renters, and Bond-holders of Drury- Lane Theatre, on the 2d inst. The Comthittee,-(althon,gh without the advantage of any assistance from two of their members), havinif diligently and attentively proceeded in investigating the matters referred to them, have great regret in observing, that the statement of accounts presented to the 'last General 'Assembly, however different-in its resnitfrom the expectations which the proprie tors had previously been encouraged by the Geweral .Commit tee to form, appears correct, so far as the same arc,therein detailed, but other claims, not included therein, have been made on the Company, which arc nuw the subject of litiga tion. The accounts appear to have been kept with exemplary re gularity and precision; and the true state of the Company's affairs must at all times have been known, or might have been easily ascertained by the Trustees and Sub•Comiuittee of Ma nagement. The total Amount of Debts stated in the General Com mittec's last Report, are, I, s. Old clainns, - - 8,718 5 11 Bond holders (principal) 240.16 5 0' •Ditto (interest) - 4,871 0 8 New renters' annuity due 12,812 11. 3 Dividend arrears - 1,250 5 8 Duke of Bedford's arrear . 1,333 2 1 Tradesmen and authors - 31,849 210 Total 1 , 80,080 13 5 But it has been represented to this' Committee, that pay ment of a very considerable part of the first mentioned sum of 3,7181. ss. lid. has never been, nor probably ever will be, .required. This Committee has also ascertained, that although the principal of all the bond debts amounts to 24,4161. 55., yrt that the sum of 16,4751., part of such principal, has only now become payable. The further sum of 1,0001. will be due in NOveMber next, and the balance of 6,9411. 53. is payable by future annual instalments of 10001. The representation contained in the last report of the ge neral Committee, respecting their power, tinder the arrange ment with•the tradesmen having demands for the alterations of the theatre, of applying to keep open the theatre,: the re sources therein mentioned to have been agreed to he set apart for .trad.esuaeo, appeared to have been made on mistaken . • grounds. ThisComtnittee having . had, a personal eorninticttriel cation with Mr. Palmer, as the. acting t rus t ee for th°s6•-noe att ditors, have no reason to doubt their consent to eont lu, such arrangements until 'their demands are Nlkully sat Lour' in case the terms thereof are strictly adhered to by - tbe mit tee acting fur the cempany of proprietors. This Committee have bad the satisfaction of ascertainiiltif that the proceedings of creditors to.compel payment of )nu potable demands, however vexatious and embarrason.er), theirconsequences, have not hitherto been productive of 1,,„a considerable expence to the company of proprietot s ; ' led from the best inquiry which this Committee has been ena' rc , . to make, during the short interval which has -elapsed si since the period of their appointment, respecting the disVtrea. of tite bond-holders and other creditors, they have g re t,, t ian son to believe,that on the introduction of such an a lter ex in the system of management as Would afford - reason arn pectatious of producing sufficient funds for the ultimate ig 4 bt charge of their debts, together with such provisions as It ' e it be made to afford an early and_faithful discharr„e of illte f--ht on their demands, near i ly the whole of those creditors aTteir be induced to allow sufficient time fur paymet4 of t claims. *Committee If these arrangements can be effected, this *Coruceo,!: 0 , prehend - that the advance of . a sum not exceeding 6 , - ) ° ° ,. t he be requisite for the puepoSe of opening the The a tre a 03 e commencement of the next season. The money which w ave event it may be absolutely necessary to raise, this Counniow, are of opinion may be obtained by a loan from perso- n5 ; 0 0 rest( d in.the prosperity of the Theatre,. On an eng a g e s et from the company of-proprietors, that a proportionate- r-luode cation to liquidate the amount, with interest, shall be on every night of theatrical performance. •re This Committee, on the same day on which tber v "'„ e r pointed, made such alterations as they considered pt't - coo r the form of the Bill'introduced, at the instance of the 5 at mittce of Management, into tile House of 'Commonita which alteration the Committee of Management beingwatee apprised, declined proceeding therein. But this Co'n'',; ad' have reason to believe that, in consequence •of the tic ` lure vanced state .of the Session of Parliament, i t wo uld 54 a been impracticable to have procured the Bill to be P a -into a law. . The arrears due to the new renters Must be fully chs . " -► J , ate ed, and provision annually made for their future P": fl , previously to any profit becoming divisible on the stiar' longin to the PrO ittee , prictors. thei This g comm although the limited inquiries have been enable to make do nut empower them to 'Lit of the meeting the details respecting the causes of the fa" - o r Ir* the Theatre, and the system of management, which it tr~s the duty of any future Committee the Proprietors 111*Y , }) ,l l tPi; to appoint, to consider and to report upon, have tbn u r,,-aill , their first duty to enquire what measures are - indisP c li l t lol necessary in the present emergency, and have agreed ur follow(ug Resolutions, Ist., That this Committee concur in opinion with tu e '0 • ral Committee, that an important reduction, as 1 1 . 4 01 1 amount of Souse of the salaries, as in the number of P', o lo engaged in the present Establ:shment, may and 0 41 1 4 ,` ) d . hot! made. But they arc, of opinion, that any well tonto e ,ieto r : of payment to the claimants l and ,profit to the Prl o te' roust principally depend on increased attraction, no' diminished expenditure. , • J 2dly, That the introduction of any beneficial alte r a the conduct of the Theatre is impracticable at this ad‘" ~,e0; period of the season, and this Committee, therefore , lt ;e bt,l mend, (in order to avoid ally increase of the existing 'oo' that the Theatre be not continued open longer than i% oa lutely necessary to allow the usual benefits to perfor a, ';-,' fie less the performers are willing to take on theruselre s t of loss during the remainder of the usual season. 40 07 idly, ' That no attempt to open the Theatre nes t 2 '"' without previous arrangement with the creditor s, visable: • „ - 4t hly, That if such arrangement can be effected, i t 1 i,,, t 00 r client to raise the sum of 6,0001. upon the princip le ' before st Thad ate. • sthly, t the system of management should he bar , ' c and a person properly qualified should be entrusted 03•409' sole management of the Theatre during the ensuing s ,: a ts bi subject only to the revision of his pecuniary arrangetn a Committee named by the Company of Proprietors! oared 0' The attention of:this Committee has also heels other subjects connected with the affairs the Th ea ,..:lo .- s pectin; which they deem it inexpedient at presen t `. - 0 06' any report. Li. LIN:NA 1.), 644.1 Mr. PALMER, who had been alluded to 65 To off tee for certain creditors, said he could not ns for the body'at large, who COMplainett 0 31 i had not been strictly kept ‘astli them. we e r Lord KiNNAltin, on the pail of the Coo° 0 0 justified-the resolutions they had collie observed, that at the'end of the Report it i r he found the Committee had declined ; rcl ) ` - cf , e on certain circumstances, and their 'reason for i ia° ing so arose from a wish of haVing for tlie e formation and ,more time to deliberate. t ool .° no kind of alarm about ~the debt. and " e v ed wished suc h alarm to be dispe ll ed trout cti6cl mind. For himself, lie would cheerfully S a .all he had embarked in the .Theatre, ratb er to 1) 4 'suffer the inimitable company of recto's 0 0 116 abridged in their salaries. To close-the ob' would be most impolitic. Nov bad tie 2ll e Y sl le c jection to the Committee, but with all doe r tee to the present Sub-Committee, he must sa y ' the Committee appointed last 'Tuesday w e e e n te'l cidedly of opinion that the whole mane ,„ should be vested in one person. In givil'A to 30/, recommendation, the Committee discla io ' ..personal reflections, but felt it their duty the recommendation they had done.' Affs to Mr. ROBINS explained with respect Palmer. °0 1,6 Lit Mr. COCKER said, from what he ,e fcl • concern in 1803-4, that the liquidatio o 0 e could only be affected by a change of 1114 went. „- Mr. FALLOWF;ELD saw no ground I"' tb e "' o f dency, especially when he recollected refit Theatre had a trt.ht of 470,0001.. besides 3 01 ()C 11,7281. The rival Theatre was as mu or ch , Roe 4 deeply involved that this' one was, an t ' ipt Ow that last week some shares in this had s' o r I Ile bad no doubt but a successful sea s° tc would clear them. _ to in .in stleu Mr. ROBINS sbegged leave,hi' 0 0 other Theatre, distinctly to declare, fr° ll/ bir 'knowledge, that the other Theatre W°s ,Litre , • means equally involved ;Atli that:of DC ar ,tofe l i Ile could say that its condition was comp - , f ✓ j ot prosperous. • rd°' rztr' The Hon. George lamb, Mr. Rica • ijOlt `'fit O Kinnaird, Mr, Cocker, Mr. P. Moore' r O . t t_ mouth, &c. spoke, after which the g eP agreed to, and the Committee rc -a lr,` ot pro" l i t t_c co-operate with the General and Sou • ,t., ,104 and to carry the Resolutions into e the 4 Thanks of the Meeting were given t° man, and to the Committee. • 0 1° nit St 6 • Murunit.—Yesterday evening a n I elle-e taken at the Triumphant Chariot,Pcn btah'e Grosvenor-place, on view of the haY ° d bY Rogerso.vho was attempted to be murde re e sto t A pennett, now in custody. She died ( as,` g a t 1 0 1 7: rsterday) in St. George's Hospital the Coroner summed up at considerab'e r 1) 0 0 The deceased had twelve wounds on h e c os l ' s ; besides the wound in the throat, wltic b ~e . lej , ° causeof her death. The Jury `,or3jru IVi" hesitation, returned a verdict ' Of " j der against John Dennett," LONDON: Printed by J. B. CARSTAIR , "f Ormond-street, Queen-square-; and publisheat SCRIPPS, of No. 7, South . Alulton -street, s) Other', No. 112, Strand ; where Adv ettisernew Lttiers, ost-mid) most be addrosse4. / , , . ._.,